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Comma Rules

Comma Rules. Look at the sample and say which rule. Rule one. I was born on June 5, 1973. On June 5, 1973, an amazing teacher was born. Use a comma between the day of the month and the year. If the sentence continues, use a comma after the year also. Rule two.

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Comma Rules

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  1. Comma Rules Look at the sample and say which rule.

  2. Rule one • I was born on June 5, 1973. • On June 5, 1973, an amazing teacher was born. • Use a comma between the day of the month and the year. If the sentence continues, use a comma after the year also.

  3. Rule two • Alexander the Great was entombed in Alexandria, Egypt. • Although Alexander the Great's body was once entombed in Alexandria, Egypt, it is now lost to history. • Use a comma between the name of a city or town and the name of the state or country. If the sentence continues, use a comma after the state or country.

  4. Rule three • Dear Suzy, • I had the best time last weekend ... • Yours truly, • Bubba • Use a comma after the greeting of a friendly letter and after the closing of a friendly or business letter. Do not use a comma after the greeting in a business letter. Use a colon instead.

  5. Rule 4 • Alexander's favorite horse was Bucephalus, and he made sure Bucephalus got the best treatment from his grooms. • Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction that joins two independent clauses together in a compound sentence.

  6. Rule 5 • I like my hamburgers to have pickles, onions, lettuce, and tomatoes on them. • (Notice there is no comma after tomatoes.) • In a series of three or more items, use a comma after every item except the last one.

  7. Rule 6 • The medicine provided cool, calming relief on contact. (Note that I could have written cool and calming.) • Use commas between two or more adjectives of equal degree that modify the same noun. Adjectives are of equal degree if you can substitute the word and for the comma.

  8. Rule 7 • Man, that was sooooo cool! (Man is an introductory word.) • After the rodeo, I will hand over the cow. • (After the rodeo is an introductory phrase.) • Use a comma after an introductory word or phrase.

  9. Rule 8 • Spitting into the wind, I would say, is not the brightest idea. • (Notice I would say is not necessary for the sentence to make sense or begrammatically correct. It is an interruption in the thought.) • Use commas to isolate one or more words that interrupt the flow of a sentence or act as an appositive in a sentence.

  10. Rule 9 • Murray, is that a kangaroo behind you? • Use commas to isolate nouns of direct address.

  11. Rule 10 • The bikers got on their motorcycles. "Let's ride, Mike!" Steve yelled over the roar of the engines. • (Notice if the comma were taken out, then poor Mike would have some biker on his back. That would definitely confuse the reader.) • Use a comma whenever the reader might otherwise be confused.

  12. Rule 11 • When I go to Roundtable, I always order the Italian Garlic Supreme. • If a dependent clause begins a complex sentence, place a comma between the dependent and independent clause.

  13. Rule 12 • I have listened to a lot of rap, but am still not a fan. • (Note that the second clause shares the subject I from the first clause. The I is implied.) • I have listened to a lot of rap and am still not a fan. • (Note there is still an implied I in the second clause. • In a compound sentence, use a comma before the conjunction but, even if the subject is stated only once. If the conjunction is and, do not use a comma between the clauses if the subject is stated only once.

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